Miter-box.



W. FUHRMANN.

MITEB BOX.

LEPLIOATIOI IILED IAB. 16, 1910 Patented -N0 v. 22, 19,10.

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Li if WARREN FUHRMANN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

MITER-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application led March 16, 1916. Serial No. 549,697.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, VVAEREN FUHRMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Miter-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention provides a device for the use of carpenters, joiiiers and meclianics requiring to cut material to various angles according to the special work in hand, the purpose being to provide an appliance of the nature aforesaid which may be quickly and accurately adjusted to any desired angle and firmly secured in the adjusted position and which will prevent injury to the teeth of the saw employed, whether said saw is of the ordinary cross-cut type or of the tenon or reinforced back variety.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the ac companying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of the application, Figure l is a top plan view of an appliancevcoiistructed in accordance with and embodying the essential fea tures of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the appliance, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a pers ective view of the saw guide, a part of tiie ring being broken away.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indi cated in all the views of the drawings, by the same reference characters.

The appliance comprises a base 1, a work rest 2 extended upwardly from the base at a right angle, and a saw guide, the latter adjustable upon the base to any angular position. The base l, as also the work rest 2, is usually of wood, In the resent instance the work rest 2 is located intermediate of the longitudinal edges of the base l and is firmly attached at its lower edge thereto, preferably by means of wood screws or like fastenings 3. The work rest 2 comprises two parts 'of ike formation and similar arrangement, the inner or opposing ends of the parts being separated and oppositely inclined to grovide a space for the passage of the saw.

y having the work rest mounted upon the base at a point between the longitudinal graduations 14 are p edges thereof a double-initer box or appliance is provided, since the work to be out may be placed upon the base on either side ofthe work rest. In order to secure a firm connection between the work -rest and base the latter is formed in its upper side with a longitudinal groove or channel in which the lower edge of the work rest is fitted.

The saw guide consists of a ring 4 and op positely disposed arms 5, the latter being provided at their upper ends with cross heads 6. The ring 4 is of uniform width and thickness and is snugly fitted in an ap proximately circular groove 7 formedin-the upper side of the base l. The circular groove 7 is of a width correspondingto the width of thering `and :is of-a. de th corresponding withthe -thicknessof t e ringso that when the parts are assembled the upper side of the ring 4comes flush witht-he upper side ofthe base l. The ring 4 isretained in place by the work rest, which extends thereover. Circumferei'itial slots 8 are formed 1n opposite` side portions of the ring 4 and receive the heads 9 provided at the lower ends of bolts 10, which are mounted in vertical openings formed in the work rest. Thumb nuts 1l are mounted upon the upper threadedends of the bolts 10, so as to be turnedstoptighten the ring 4 and secure the same wII-fiii anA adjusted position. Washers l2 are' interposed .between the thumb nuts .1l 'and the uppered eo'f 'the work rest to Sustain. the wear. ,T e ring 4 is hollow in its ylower side, thereby making provisionfo-r receiving'the heads 9 ofthe-boltsor Afastenings 1 construction also" adm-its" of the rin of lightformationjalnd'femblodyiifi 11m-amount vof..in etal*.fiofnjsistem; ngtV '""Ih'earms-and cross;- heads 6 i s fyformanintegral art of the rin e slotted-gs indicate .atl-3, to receive"t 'aw blade.` The 4loafer(-".-I'irtion of th i' [each of 'thegaiins-- widened to p 4 y saw teeth so "als From the fl -V saw guide e; work rest to prd order that the al, with accuracy ando edge of the ring 4 and 'a cured to an edge of thebase 1f A with the scale.4 graduatioiis 14'.,z In .a fembling the 'parts the Work rest-2 i'slocateds-ba line corresponding with the diameter of the ring 4, so that various angles may be determined with precision u on opposite sides of the work rest. U on ooseningthe thumb nuts 11 the grip o the bolts or fastenings l0 is relaxed u pon the ring .4 and the latter may be adjusted and when adjusted is made secure by tightenino'f the-thumb nuts 11, as Will be readily undertood.

.fFrom the foregoing description,4 taken =in connection vwith the .accompanying ldrawings, 'the advantages of theconstruction and of :the method of operation Willbe readily apparent to those skiled inztheartitolwhich slotted, a work rest secured upon the base at a middle point and extending over the slottheir headed portions passing through the .slottedportions of the ring and engaging the'lower side thereof to secure the ring 1n `-an -adj usted position.

2. The herein described miter box comprising a base having an approximately circulangroove inits upperiface, a ring. fitted in said groove and vprovided at opposite pointsf with aarms terminating at their upper ends ein cross heads, said arms and cross heads being provided with kerfs to'receive a saw blade and the-ring having portions upon opposite sides lof the arms circumferentially slotted, afworkirest secured u on the base and extending-over the slotte portionsI of the'ring, and bolts mounted in the'Work rest andpassing .through the slotted portions of thering -and having their heads engaging the: under side of the' ring.

In vtestimony 'whereof-I. aix my signature in presence of tvvo .Witnesses WARREN FUHRMANN.

Witnesses:

VALEXANDER B.CASTNER,

C. DAvIsoN. 

